date:Sep 10, 2015
The number of new boutique microbreweries has accelerated in the last year, increasing by 24%, from 291 in 2013-2014 to 361, in 2014-2015*, as more start-ups rush to join the UK's fast growing craft beer industry, says UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group.
UHY Hacker Young adds that the 24% increase in the number of new breweries opening in the last year outstripped the number of new breweries opened in the previous year, when there was an 8% rise, up from 269 in 2012-13 (see graph